Word

שָׁחַד

shâchad · H7809 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

to bribe

The action by which humans give other humans an object of some value, with the purpose of influencing or persuading them

Examples
Job 6:22 “Have I said, ‘Give me something,’ Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,’
Ezekiel 16:33 “Men give gifts to all prostitutes, but you give your gifts to all your lovers and lavish favors on them so that they will come to you from every direction for your obscene practices.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

Not stated: you (more than one) 1
Not stated: you (one person) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

הֶםthem 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 3 groups

בְּעַדfor, behind, through+ נִיme 1
מִןfrom+ כֹּחַstrength 1
לto/for+ בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אָמַרto say 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

שָׂכַר sâkar · H7936 · to hire oneself out, to hire: Hebrew verb meaning to hire or engage for payment, closely parallel to שָׁחַד but without the negative connotation of bribery that שָׁחַד can carry through its cognate noun.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Non-Possess002003002018: The verb describes giving away wealth or goods to induce someone, as in Job 6:22's "offer a bribe for me from your wealth" — a giving up of possessions rather than a receiving of them.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

שָׁחַדshâchad · H7809שַׁחַד shachad · H7810 · present, gift, bribe · 23×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7809. shachad [שָׁחַד] verb give a present, bribe (Ecclus 35:14; Aramaic שְׁחַד, bribe;…

H7809. shachad
[שָׁחַד] verb give a present, bribe (Ecclus 35:14; Aramaic שְׁחַד, bribe; perhaps also Assyrian šidê, gifts, DlWB 643); —
Qal Imperfect2feminine singular, accusative of person אוֺתָם וַתִּשְׁחֳדִי Eze 16:33 thou didst bribe them to come (לָבוֺא; || נְדָנִים נָתַן); read probably also Infinitive construct suffix שַׁחֲדָהּ Isa 47:11 to buy it off (for שַׁחְרָהּ ᵑ0, so Kr Gr Buhl CheHpt Heb 142, compare Marti; see Pro 6:35); Imperative masculine plural בַעֲדִי שִׁחֲדוּ (Ges§ 64a) Job 6:22 give a bribe for me.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Non-Possess2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0